Subsea
ESS Completes Ambient Lifting Trials
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) have progressed their subsea lifting programme by successfully completing client-witnessed trials of Ambient Lifting technology at their Aberdeenshire research and development facility. Ambient Lifting works by decoupling the subsea load from the surface vessel by utilisi
Carnegie’s CETO 6 Project On Track
Wave energy developer, Carnegie Wave Energy Limited, has reported a commercial and technical progress with its CETO 6 Project also to be located off Garden Island. Carnegie has now reached financial close on the previously announced Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s (CEFC) five-year, $20 million lo
Chariot: 2D Seismic Survey Begins Offshore Namibia
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited has, in conjunction with its partners AziNam (20%), NAMCOR (10%) and Ignitus (5%), started a 2D seismic acquisition survey of approximately 1,700km offshore Namibia. SeaBird Exploration is conducting the survey in the Central Blocks 2312 & 2412A, the company informed. Chari
Scaldis Orders ‘Rambiz 4000’ Crane Ship
Antwerp-based specialist in marine heavy lift operations, Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors NV, have ordered a self-propelled DP2 crane ship from Royal IHC. The Contract for the construction and delivery of the ship was signed on 29th January 2015. The design was drawn up in-house in cooperation
Centrica, Bibby Offshore Host Shadow Energy Minister
Centrica Energy and Bibby Offshore hosted Tom Greatrex MP, Shadow Energy Minister, on Thursday 19 February. His visit was part of an oil and gas industry fact-finding initiative providing the opportunity to consult with industry leaders on how to best support the sector, the companies wrote in a pre
ORE, Ricardo, DNV GL in Tidal JIP
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has launched the first phase of a three stage collaborative industry project aimed at improving the reliability of tidal turbine powertrains by reducing risk at the design phase and aiding design optimisation. Improved reliability will increase energy out
Boa Bison Supports Fécamp Met Mast Setup
Norway’s Boa Marine Services’ AHTS/ROV vessel ‘Boa Bison’ has wrapped up its work at the Fecamp wind farm. The vessel was chartered by MT Højgaard to support the installation project. MT Højgaard lowered the Seatower Cranefree® foundation to a depth of nearly 30 metres on the seabed of the English C
Divers Find Thousand-Year-Old Gold Coins in Caesarea
The largest treasure of gold coins discovered in Israel was found in recent weeks on the seabed in the ancient harbor in Caesarea National Park. The group of divers from the diving club in the harbor found the lost treasure. According to them, at first they thought they had spotted a toy coin from a
JIP Formed for Polymer Lining Pipelines Research
A joint industry project (JIP) has been launched between Swagelining Limited, Saudi Aramco and The Welding Institute (TWI) to conduct investigations into the use of polymer lining in carbon steel pipelines. The JIP will examine the extent of corrosion incurred in a polymer lined pipeline when subjec
Coda Octopus Echoscope in CLE’s Cable Survey
Coda Octopus reports that CLE has used the Echoscope and Coda Octopus positioning system (F175) on a project for the inspection of underwater cabling. The Echoscope was integrated onto a SAAB Sabertooth AUV. This inspection was conducted in an area with strong currents and visibility of less than 1
DeepOcean Nets Subsea Construction Contract Off Ghana
DeepOcean Ghana Limited has been awarded a contract to provide the services of a Multi Purpose Construction Vessel (MPV) to Tullow Ghana Limited. The scope of work for the contract is inspection, survey and subsea construction on the Tullow operated deepwater Jubilee and TEN Fields offshore Ghana. T
HIE Hires ABPmer for MRIP Habitats Regulations Appraisal
ABPmer has been contracted by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to undertake a Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) for their Marine Renewables Infrastructure Plan (MRIP). This will build on the previous HRA undertaken by ABPmer for the National Renewables Infrastructure Plan (N-RIP) prepared b
Fugro Chance Names New President
Blaine Thibodeaux has been named President of offshore survey company Fugro Chance Inc. His responsibilities include Fugro’s Gulf of Mexico and Arctic offshore operations, including marine positioning, offshore construction and subsea projects, and international services, Fugro informed. Having begu
PSA Inspects Gudrun Hydrocarbon Leak
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway PSA has decided to initiate an investigation following a hydrocarbon leak on the Gudrun field in the North Sea on 18 February. The hydrocarbon leak on the Statoil-operated Gudrun field occurred at 06:40 on Wednesday February 18. Production was then shut down and